Vauxhall City Farm was originally founded in 1977 as Jubilee City Farm by a group of architects squatting at St Oswald's Place, following large-scale demolitions in the neighbourhood between 1972 and 1976.[3]

The farm contains animals such as alpacas, sheep, goats and pigs which are used for the farm's education and youth work as well as for filming and photo-shoots.[4] The farm's pigs have appeared on the Alan Titchmarsh Show[5] and the goats were been used to graze a meadow on the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank in 2013.[6][7] In April 2009 BBC London's 'Farmyard Cam' streamed live footage of the sheep at the farm.[8]

The farm operates a therapy riding centre as well as youth and animal projects. Former riders at the farm include Sam Martin,[9] who is training to taking part in the 2016 Summer Olympics. In November 2011 the farm offered twenty London families free riding lessons run by European Dressage Championship gold medalist Emile Faurie.[10][11] It also hosts a group of Spinners who make yarn from the wool of the sheep and alpacas using dyes cultivated from vegetables and plants grown on the site.[12][13]